Washington. 1854. viii,851pp. Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Toe of spine frayed. Overall very good. The Senate issue, published a year after the House issue, of Andrews' extensive report on trade between the United States and Canada, with information on internal improvements in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida... More

Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1830. xviii,[2],[17]-455pp. plus errata. Later half sheep and marbled boards. Hinges cracking, spine somewhat worn, corners bumped. Moderate foxing. Good. First American edition, after the original French edition of the previous year. "Barbe-Marbois represented France in the preliminary negotiations with the United States on the Louisiana..... More

Paris. 1802. viii,382pp. plus folding map. Half title. Contemporary calf backed boards, spine gilt, leather label. Hinges rubbed, slight chip at top of front joint, an occasional trace of foxing. Near fine. One of the classic early views of Louisiana at the beginning of the 19th century. It has been... More

St. Louis. 1893. 169pp. plus five folding geneaological charts. Original cloth. Very minor wear to extremities. A very good, bright copy. A scarce history and genealogy on the descendents of French and Spanish colonists living in St. Louis. Charts the growth of the Chouteau family with five folding diagrams. Important... More

New Orleans. 1824. [8],327,[1]pp. plus errata slip. Later paper boards. Light toning and foxing. Very good. Untrimmed. The rare first edition, in French, of this Italian's adventures in America. "[Beltrami] found his way to the upper reaches of the Mississippi River, where he joined an expedition led by Maj. Stephen... More

Weimar. 1804. [28],344pp. plus folding map. Contemporary three quarter calf and boards. Extremities moderately worn. Later notations to front flyleaf. Internally clean. Very good. The author, a native of Santo Domingo, fled to Louisiana to escape the uprisings in his homeland. He provides a detailed picture of life in New... More

[Philadelphia: Office of the Democratic Press, 1828]. Broadside, 14 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches. Old fold lines. Tanned with light foxing. Very good. An anti-Jackson campaign broadside, issued in the violent and libelous proceedings of the 1828 presidential race. This broadside is decorated with woodcuts of six coffins to illustrate... More

[New Haven?]: Printed for the General Committee of Republicans, From Sidney's Press, 1804. 24pp. Modern half morocco and cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Small old circular blindstamp on titlepage. Bit tanned. Else very good. An influential address on the acquisition of Louisiana, highly partisan in outlook: "To federalists, this territory... More

Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1914. Two volumes. 351; 392pp., including illustrations and folding map. Frontispiece in each volume. Red cloth, gilt, t.e.g. Slight wear to covers, corners bumped. Very good. Prints important documents for the history of the Southwest never before published.More

Paris. 1768. Two volumes. xx,244; [4],264pp. plus four plates including frontispieces. Antique half calf and marbled boards, very good. Second edition, printed in the same place, in the same year, with the same collation, and practically just as rare as the first edition. Bossu went to Louisiana in 1750 as... More

London. 1771. Two volumes. viii,407; [4],432pp. Half title in each volume. Modern half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, gilt morocco labels. Occasional offsetting of text. Very good. Bossu went to Louisiana in 1750 as a captain of the Marines. This narrative is comprised of a series of twenty-one letters... More

Boston. Nov. 5, 1803 and June 28, 1809. Vol. XL, No. 2048, and Whole No. 2633. Two issues, [4]pp. each. Folio newspaper. Tanned, old folds, old ink signature and some wrinkling. Good. The earlier issue includes a brief biography of Lucien Bonaparte and various political notices, most importantly regarding the... More

Pittsburgh. 1814. 304pp. Modern calf, spine gilt, leather label. Contemporary ownership inscription and later blindstamp on titlepage. Very minor toning and foxing. Very good plus. Brackenridge left St. Charles, Missouri in the spring of 1811 in company with fur trader Manuel Lisa. His journal describes his trip up the Missouri... More

Washington. 1810. 8pp. Modern cloth, leather label. Very good. Briggs herein petitions the U.S. government for compensation for the hardships and expenses he undertook while fulfilling an appointment to survey a route from Washington to New Orleans through Tennessee.More

London. [ 1848]. 62pp. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Very good. "The greater part of the pamphlet is devoted to the trials and experiences of the first few years in Pike County, Illinois...and it is an excellent picture of frontier life" - Buck. The family arrived in Illinois in 1832, travelling... More

Dublin. 1766. Two volumes. [10],48,228; [22],335pp., plus eight folding maps and two plates. Contemporary mottled calf, rebacked in modern calf, gilt, morocco labels, edges marbled. Several maps with a few small marginal tears and chips, some dust soiling. Text with light tanning and dampstaining. About very good. Charlevoix travelled in... More

Paris. 1730-1731. Two volumes. xxviii,482,[59]pp. plus eight maps (seven folding); xiv,506,[61]pp. plus eleven maps (four folding). Quarto. 20th-century half calf and marbled boards. Slight foxing. Overall a very good set. Charlevoix was a French Jesuit who spent some time in Quebec before arriving in St. Louis and travelling south to..... More